April tornadoes bring … snow?
April 19, 2011 | Iowa,Spring,Weather,Winter
I’m not sure I want to see what’s in store for us in May.
Yeah. Good thing we put up the swings.
Yay.
Posted by Becky @ 10:17 am | 4 Comments
On ice
February 21, 2011 | Iowa,Weather,Winter
Our lights flickered for several hours yesterday. Then they went out. And stayed out. We pulled out the sofa-sleeper, opened up the recliners and camped out in the living room, where the fireplace is. I read by candlelight for a while, then made sure everyone was tucked in, blew out the candles and found a spot under the covers. I’d say I slept, but that didn’t really happen. I was up again at 2 a.m., when the power came back, turning things off again. This morning, we cleared downed branches. We’d heard the trees cracking under the ice all night.
Weather: Blizzard No. 1 of 2011
January 7, 2011 | Blizzard,Family,Iowa,Weather,Winter
The first blizzard of 2011 is howling and prowling outside my home right now. My husband is on the interstate somewhere, and I’m hoping he’ll make it home tonight. How many blizzards did we have last year … 10? 12? I lost count. While I’ve driven in low-visibility conditions before, wow. I can’t say it’s ever been as bad as it was today.
This? Is the school parking lot. They started pulling schoolchildren off the school buses and kept them at school because it wasn’t safe to send the buses out … on the streets. It was bad.
This was our visibility on the way home. I drove 20 miles per hour.
The kids helped watch for the house, which we never saw.
We could barely see the mailbox.
But, hey. There’s the sun. Whee.
Posted by Becky @ 5:56 pm | 6 Comments
Blizzard No. 1
December 12, 2010 | Iowa,Weather,Winter
Spent several hours on this. Still not done. We need a bigger tractor.
Buh-bye
March 18, 2010 | Iowa,Spring,Weather,Winter
You’re what? Snow. Girl. Melted! (a la B-52s)
Yep. Here lies what’s left of Snowgirl. Look closely. That’s her cute little carrot nose and stick arms. That pile of snow in the middle is, I think, what’s left of her pretty hat. So long, Snowgirl.
I’d feel more smug about telling her not to let the door hit her on the way out, but I don’t think she and her pal Old Man Winter are done with us yet. That’s right. Snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Oh well. At least we had two glorious days with 50 degrees.
Melting
March 6, 2010 | Iowa,Weather,Winter
And … let the spring fever begin!
Posted by Becky @ 6:00 am | 2 Comments
Footprints
February 27, 2010 | Family,Iowa,Winter
The kids and I saw footprints in the snow one morning before school. We hadn’t seen any animals around, so it was a mystery how they got there. We’ve had various critters around — deer, skunk, raccoon. It would be interesting to figure out what had wandered around our house in the snow.
After school, we went out to track the prints. They stopped with tire tracks. Did Pappa have an animal in his pickup? We didn’t think so. They went a little ways past the garage but not all the way down the driveway. They stopped before the snow in the yard. We saw them along the side of the house, though, to the door into the garage. I remembered feeling horrible for the delivery guy who had to tromp through the snow I hadn’t had time to clear yet. Aha! The delivery guy. He must have had a dog. Mystery solved.
SNOMG2010, part 2
February 9, 2010 | Iowa,Weather,Winter
And the bench? Was tasty.
*BURP*
Posted by Becky @ 6:22 pm | 3 Comments
